Gigabyte AORUS ELITE FO27Q28G Best Settings Guide (Patreon)

Review: https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/gigabyte-aorus-elite-fo27q28g

SDR setup

Use these settings if you want to run with the native colour space for a more vivid and colourful image. You can combine with our calibrated ICC profile which will clamp back to sRGB for colour aware applications though.

Preset mode = Custom

Brightness = 17 for ~120 nits, but set this to whatever you find appropriate

Contrast = 50

6-axis colour = defaults

Color vibrance = 10

Sharpness = 5

Gamma = 2.2

Colour temperature = User define

RGB levels = 100, 100, 99

Calibrated ICC profile is attached below

sRGB emulation approach

If you want to clamp to sRGB all the time for all applications, games etc then you can use the following settings. This also improves shadow detail compared with the native mode as it operates with an sRGB gamma instead of 2.2 gamma.

This is good for SDR content, but it will look less vivid compared with the native mode by design. Do not use our ICC profile with these options as it's designed to be used with the wide gamut mode only.

Preset mode = sRGB

Brightness = 17 for ~120 nits, but set this to whatever you find appropriate

DCI-P3 emulation

If you want to clamp to target the DCI-P3 colour space all the time then you can use the following settings. This mode also uses an sRGB gamma instead of 2.2 for improved shadow detail. This is good for a somewhat reduced colour gamut compared with native, or for working with HDR content potentially. Do not use our ICC profile with these options as it's designed to be used with the wide gamut mode only.

Preset mode = DCI-P3

Brightness = 17 for ~120 nits, but set this to whatever you find appropriate

HDR

Preset mode = Game HDR (this is our preferred option for best overall experience and being able to reach up to the full brightness capability of the panel)

Brightness = 100

Contrast = 52

Light Enhance = 0

Colour Enhance = 0

Dark Enhance = On

APL Stabilize (in OLED care menu) = High. Or you could perhaps try Ultra for a small brightness boost, but it doesn't make a huge difference

Gaming

AI Black equalizer = experiment with this, but none of the settings should raise the black point. Moving it up a couple of notches can help with shadow detail.

VRR = Enable

VRR > Anti-flicker = setting this to Middle/High (they seem to do the same thing) can reduce flicker a little by capping the VRR range a bit. Change this if you find flicker problematic in actual gaming, away from just loading screens etc

Warning: if you enable VRR anti-flicker, make sure you re-check your graphics card settings to ensure you're still set to the maximum refresh rate and that G-sync / FreeSync is still active

Other

OLED Care = We'd recommend leaving as many of these turned on as possible to help with the mitigation of image retention. If you find any particularly problematic, you can disable them here

APL Stabilize = Low for SDR usage to ensure a uniform brightness behaviour. This will auto-switch to a different setting when you activate HDR from Windows and the screen switches in to HDR mode (recommended = High)

AI Assistant

Sensor Active = On if you want to use the care sensor which we'd recommend. It seems to work well

Adaptive Light = On if you want brightness to be dynamically adjusted depending on your ambient light conditions

System > HDMI CEC = On if you want it to auto switch when an HDMI device is powered on like a console

DSC = probably best to just leave this turned on, you shouldn't need to de-activate it. If you are connected to a DP 2.1 GPU with a relevant certified cable, it should run in that mode without DSC active anyway. If you really want to force DSC off for some reason, you can set that here